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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1938

Page

6

Vivacious Lady stars Rogers and Stewart at State Theatre

Ginger Rogers and James Stewart headline the light comedy Vivacious Lady set in a college town. The stormy romance follows a nightclub entertainer who marries a student professor and returns to Old Sharon, with complications from family and gossip driving much of the humor.

Ginger Rogers James Stewart State Theatre Stewart Miss Rogers New York City Old Sharon James Ellison Rogers Ellison

Capons Offer Big Returns for Fall Poultry Growers

A poultry expert urges producers to plan capon lines now as prices run 20 to 25 percent higher than roasting chickens or turkeys. A couple profiled increased income by 102 dollars after caponizing 227 cockerels, with capons averaging nearly 8 pounds and fetching 1.82 dollars each versus 1.37 for chickens.

The Poultry Tribune

Cast Members List For Stewart Family Film Roles

The cast includes Stewart's playboy cousin Charles Coburn and Beulah Bondi as Stewart's parents Frances Mercer plays the other woman Phyllis Kennedy is a bored house maid and Grady Sutton portrays Stewart's laboratory assistant.

Stewart Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Frances Mercer Phyllis Kennedy Grady Sutton

Funeral held for Dennis Bush in town services

Dennis Bush former local resident died Saturday in Kansas City. Funeral services were conducted at J. A. Jones funeral home by Dr. Arthur Atack of the Methodist church with a Masonic service at Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers were Rush Helwick Arthur Durst Joe Booth Rene Warner Earl Smith and Will Booth.

Revision of State Primary Law Stirs Politicians

The piece discusses tensions over state primary reform and party control. It notes fears of party machines influencing nominations and objections to convention endorsements seen as dictation, risking voters supporting unfavored outsiders with odd sounding names.

Compromise Plan Emerges for State Convention Nomination

Hints point to a compromise plan likely to be considered by state conventions. One official forwarded a two stage approach allowing nominations at a later convention with public debate in the interim, splitting responsibility between public and party.

Practical notes on raising capons and poultry profits

The letter states capons move slower and require less feed than cockerels of the same age. It claims a clean range, inexpensive shelter, and a few feeders suffice for capon production. The writer asserts that the same methods for good pullets yield good capons and promotes weapons as the most profitable poultry to raise.

Frank Priebe

Koehler Rites Held At Local Funeral Home

Funeral services for J. A. Koehler were conducted Saturday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral home. Dr. Arthur Atack led the service with Methodist choir quartet including Mrs. Remps Hampsher and Mrs. Ira Rathmel. Pallbearers were Martin Westen, John Westen, George Koehler, Pete Koehler, John Koehler, and Edme Koehler. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.

J. A. Koehler L. A

The Light Brigade regiments named in Tennyson poem

The Famous Light Brigade lists the Fourth and Eighth Hussars the Eleventh Hussars the Thirteenth Hussars and Seventeenth Lancers as the regiments comprising the brigade in the poem.

Light Brigade Tennyson Hussars Seventeenth Lancers

Official Primary Vote Figures Announced Today

Readable vote tallies list candidates by office with totals for statewide and county offices. Notable figures include Hickenlooper 998 and Dewey 2093 for state senate, Stewart 2115 for state representative, and Busby 1056 for county treasurer among others.

San Hickenlooper Baker Conner Miller Akers McClurkin Silver van de Steeg Bagley Everett Mulroney Leovel Secretary of Agriculture Benson Thornburg Wolf Commerce Jane Gray Hastings Keshlear Long Olson Richardson Stewart Hodges Lapham Martin Parker Jones Dewey Ieelan Bourgeois George Busby Noonan

State Senator Griffin and local officials listed in 1939 race

The fragment shows names and numbers tied to a 1939 term race or roll, listing State Senator Griffin, Supervisor Marsh, Quinn, Bell, Rose with scores or district numbers and hospital trustee Richard with two figures 80n and 448.

Griffin Marsh Quinn Bell Rose Richard

The Treacherous Person

A narrator likens a treacherous person to a temperamental dog. Uncle Eben warns that when such a person reveals teeth one cannot tell if they will bite or laugh.

Eben

Pastor Adopts Novel Way for Two Services

Mount Pleasant reports higher attendance at the inaugural two service format at First Baptist Church. Rev T C Jensen led the 9:30 to 11:30 am session with adults and older children in the main sermon while younger children attended Sunday school in the basement. A later children’s church service featured a choir and story sermon as adults and older youths joined Bible study in the auditorium.

Mount Pleasant First Baptist Church T. C. Jensen Itorium

Western Reserve Purchase Price Records Land at Forty Cents

The original purchase price for land comprising the Western Reserve was forty cents per acre. The figure reflects historic land sale terms set for the tract described in early public records.

Western Reserve Purchase Western Serve

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